Grain-shocker



J. G. STEWART. gsRAm SHOCKER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. WI 1919.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

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GRAIN SHOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19. 1919.

Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

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JOHN GRAHAM STEWART, 0F GGLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO.

GRAIN-SHOCKER.

Application filed August 19, 1919.

tofore, being Serial No. 849,931, dated April 9, 1907 and Serial No. 958,150, dated May 17, 1910; of which said patents I am now the part owner, and which said-patents I wish considered in connection with this application.

My invention relates to improvements in grain shockers which have for their objects means attached to a binder and adapted to form and set up a shock of grain without having to tie or form it after the machine; means for catching the loose or threshed grain and securing it from waste; and means to reverse the position of the bundles or sheaves from butt end forward to butt end backward and to convey them to a platform beside the shocker receptacle.

I attain these objects by means of the mechanisms illustrated'in the accompanying sheets of drawings herein described in which Figure 1, is a right side elevation of the shocker; Fig. 2, is a detail elevation of the upwardly projecting retarding bar; Fig. 3, is a top view of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, is a detail elevation of the conveyer belt 58; Fig. 5, is a front end elevation of Figs. 1 and 3.

Dotted lines are herein used to designate obscured outlines and outlines of parts of former patented grain shockers of this ap plicant as designated above.

Similar numerals and characters represent similar parts throughout the several views.

The parts of Patent S. N. 958,150, dated May 17, 1910, shown in these drawings, when numbered, bear the same numbers used in said former patent to designate them here. i I

The two longitudinal members and the transverse members comprise the frame 1. The front of this frame is supported by the supporting axle 5, which is secured detachably at 8 to the binder frame and at its opposite end it is supported by the carry- Specification of Letters Patent.

Serial No. 318,549.

ing wheel 7. The axle 5 is secured to the said frame by means of the brackets 6, 6. At the rear end of the frame 1, is the cross bar 18, secured to the longitudinal members 2, 2 and supporting them and being supported by the two supporting caster wheels 12, 12. The tray 20, is adapted to catch and hold the threshed grain and for the operator to stand in. The shock forming receptacle 24, is pivotally supported at 37, 37, and is held in the supported position by the foot of the operator pressing down on the foot piece 45 which is connected by member 29 with the receptacle 24. The shock divider 39, separates the butts of the bundles and the fingers 52 hold the heads in place before they strike the ground. The foregoing parts are parts of the former patent referred to and of which this invention is an additional improvement.

One of the principal objects in this improvement is to reverse the sheaves, end for end, from the binder and deliver them in order upon a receiving platform or landing table 88, above and beside the shock-forming receptacle 24, so that they can be easily transferred to the said receptacle in forming a shock that will stand alone when dumped upon the ground.

I attain these objects by means of the Patented Nov. 9, 1920.

three conveyer belts 56, 57, 58, shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5, with their operating a parts.

The arrows 1"- 3 -4"-5"6", represent a sheaf of bound grain with the point of the arrow representing the head end of the sheaf showing how it is turned or reversed end for end by the three conveyer belts. Y

Explaining the mechanism we will ohby the binder mechanism and drives the sprocket wheel 60, with the connecting chain shown in Fig. 3. t

This sprocket wheel60, drives the driving shaft 61, and the bevel gear wheel 62, which drives the bevel gear 68, the long shaft 64, and the drive roller 65, which carries the sprocket wheel 85, which drives the sprocket serve that the sprocket wheel 59, is operated by the cleats secured to near the front edge of the said first conveyer belt 56, and the bundle or sheaf will be carried to the right of the shocker attachment until the head end of the sheaf comes into contact with the downward projecting arm 83, of the retarding bar 82, which is adjustable in the upright 80, by means of the set screw 81. The

arrow at 2", here shows the head of the sheaf held so that the butt end coming into contact with the cleats extending across the surface of the second conveyer belt 57 is carried toward the rear of the attachment as shown by arrows 3 and 4: as the butt end drops down from the first conveyer belt 56, upon the lower second conveyer belt 57, so that its weight is principally on the second conveyer belt and the head of the sheaf is caused to roll ofi of the first conveyer belt upon the second.

- The sheaf being reversed end for end as shown by the arrow 4, it is carried upon the lower end of the thirdconveyer belt 58, and is engaged by the cross cleats 74, 74, and the projecting tines 87, 87, and is carried diagonally upwardly on an incline and pushed outwardly upon the landing table 88. In Fig. 3 I have shown the outline of the retarding bar 75, and in Fig. 2, I show a detailed elevation of the said retarding bar 75, with its several parts separately designated.

Fig. 4, shows the cleats '74, depressed in their middle forming a sort of valley to prevent the sheaf 5", from rolling to one side and so as to deliver it butt backwardly at 6 From the position of the arrow at 6 the sheaves are deposited by hand into the receptacle 24, until it is full, when it is dumped backwardly until the supporting slide shoe 89, strikes the ground when the shock is'released from the receptacle which 7 is returned to its original position by means of the release from its load, and a spring member and its weight and by hand.

The apron 77, is of metal and adapted to catch loose grain and conduct it into the box 20.

Having thus described the workings and operation of 'my invented improvements, and their relation to my former patented inventions of shocking attachments, I wish to secure the same by patenting the matter substantially as set forth in the following claims, to wit: V

1. In a grain-shocking appliance of the class described, attached to a binder-harvester, the combination with the shocker frame having two longitudinal members, two transverse members and an axlemember and a shock-forming receptacle pivotally supported on the rear of said frame, and having an out-rigged carrying-wheel and two caster wheels supporting said frame, of an elevated deck beside said receptacle, and three conveyer belts in series provided to convey the sheaves from the binder to said deck, and motor means providedto operate said belts from the binderharvester.

2. In a grain-shocker of the class described, attached to a binder-harvester and operated in combination therewith, the com bination with the shocker frame having two longitudinal members and two transverse members, a shock-forming receptacle p1vot-.

second conveyer-belt passing above the receiving end of the third conveyer belt and the line of travel of the second conveyer belt being oblique to the line of travel of the other two belts in the same series.

3. In a grain-shocker of the class described attached to a grain-harvester-binder and operated therewith by the same motive power, the combination with the shockerframe having two longitudinal members and two transverse members being supported by 'an out-rigged wheel and two caster wheels, and a shock-forming receptacle pivotally supported on the rear of said frame, of an elevated deck beside said receptacle, a series of three conveyer-belts provided to convey. the sheaves from the binder to said deck, the

delivery end of the first conveyer-belt in the series passing above the receiving end of the second conveyer-belt and the delivery end of the second conveyer-belt passing above the receiving end of the third conveyer-belt, the line of travel of the second conveyer-belt being oblique to the line of travel of the first conveyer-belt and the third conveyer-belt and the line of travel of the third conveyer-belt beingupwardly and transversely to the line of travel of the first conveyer belt with its delivery end being above the receiving end of said deck.

4. In a grain-shocker of the class olescribed attached to a harvester-binder and operated by the same motive power, the combination with the shocker-frame supported on three wheels two of which are caster wheels and a shock-forming receptacle supported pivotally on the rear of said frame, of an elevated deck beside said receptacle, and approximately level with its top edge, three conveyer belts operating in series and adapted and provided to convey the sheaves from the binder to said deck longitudinally reversed, transverse cleats secured to the face of said belts, an adjustably secured retarding bar in a goose-neck form extending downwardly at its extremity to close above the first conveyer-belt near its rear edge and provided to retard the heads end of the sheaf allowing the butts end of the sheaf to pass ahead of it upon the second conveyer-belt and be delivered butts foremost upon the third conveyer belt.

5. In a grain shocker attached to a harvester-binder and operated thereby, in combination with the shocker-frame, supporting wheels two of which are caster wheels, and a shock-forming receptacle pivotally mounted on the rear of the frame, of an elevated deck beside the opening of said receptacle, three conveyer-belts operating in series and provided to convey the sheaves of grain longitudinally reversed froni the binder to said deck, transverse cleats secured to the face of said belts, a chain-drive means from the harvester binder to the roller-pulley driving the first conveyer-belt, a driving shaft operated by a beveled gear on the shaft of said roller-pulley, said driving shaft operating concentric therewith the driving roller-pulley operating the receiving end of the third conveyer belt in the series or train, a chain-drive belt operated on the shaft of the last named roller-pulley and operating the drive roller-pulley operating the delivery end of the central or second conveyer belt in the train, a retarding bar supported upon the said frame and a goose-neck member adjustably mounted thereon and extending downwardly to close to the top face of the first of the series of 

